Laravel - Passing Request to Queue Job - php

Question

I'm unable to pass a request to queue handle() job
public function handle(Request $request) | package.json*
{ | phpunit.xml*
Log::alert('starting process'); | readme.md*
Log::alert($request); | server.php*
|~
if (strpos($request->status, 'Approved') !== false) { |~
$name = Name::where('mId', '=', $request->mId)->get()->first(); |~
|~
$client = new Client(); |~
|~
$client->request('POST', 'http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/email', [ |~
'json' => [ |~
'type' => $request->type, |~
'name' => $name->name,
] |~
]); |~
}
As it is, $request comes empty. If I remove Request and only leave handle($request) I get this stack:
Too few arguments to function App\Jobs\PostAlfred::handle(), 0 passed and exactly 1 expected in
I'm calling this function from the controller when the form is updated.
public function update(UpdateRequest $request) |▸ vendor/
{ | artisan*
$redirect_location = parent::updateCrud($request); | composer.json* | composer.lock*
PostMyJob::dispatch($request);
I tried adding UpdateRequest, such as this: handle(UpdateRequest $request), then I get an authorization error.
Not sure how to proceed.

Answer 1

Keep in mind that a request only exists in the context of an actual HTTP request. It exists only while your app is handling that request. There is no "request" when your queue worker starts taking jobs off of the queue. Laravel can't give you an instance of the request, because there is none.
What you'll need to do is explicitly pass the information your job requires in order to perform it's duty. If you just want the input of the request, you could do something like this - which will provide an array of input to the job's constructor.
PostMyJob::dispatch($request->all())
public function __construct(array $input)
{
$this->input = $input;
}
You may have seen examples of Eloquent models being passed into a job, but don't let that fool you into thinking the whole class will be provided to the handler as-is. Laravel is smart enough to re-fetch the Eloquent model for you when it handles the job, but as described earlier it can't get the original request for you.

Answer 2

When you are passing any arguments to dispatch function, those are passed in the constructor of the job and not in handle method.
See document says The arguments passed to the dispatch method will be given to the job's constructor
In your job do this :
class SomeJob extends Job{
private $request;
public function __construct(Request $request)
{
$this->request = $request;
}
public function handle()
{
if (strpos($this->request->status, 'Approved') !== false) {
$name = Name::where('mId', '=', $this->request->mId)->get()->first();
$client = new Client();
$client->request('POST', 'http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/email', [
'json' => [
'type' => $this->request->type,
'name' => $name->name,
]
]);
}
}
}